CVE-2021-22974

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.83% (57th) EPSS

CVSS 6 · medium

Is it mine?

59 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

On BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6 and all versions of BIG-IQ 7.x and 6.x, an authenticated attacker with access to iControl REST over the control plane may be able to take advantage of a race condition to execute commands with an elevated privilege level. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-6167. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Software Development (EoSD) are not evaluated.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–7.5

v2.06mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 6.4

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimary

affected products (59)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a BIG-IP, BIG-IQ≤ BIG-IP version 16.0.x before 16.0.1.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.2, 14.1.x before 14.1.3.1, and 13.1.x before 13.1.3.6 and all versions of BIG-IQ 7.x and 6.xenisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip access policy manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager14.1.0 → 14.1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager15.1.0 → 15.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip access policy manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager14.1.0 → 14.1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager15.1.0 → 15.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall14.1.0 → 14.1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall15.1.0 → 15.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced web application firewall16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_web_application_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics14.1.0 → 14.1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics15.1.0 → 15.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics16.0.0 → 16.0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager13.1.0 → 13.1.3.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager14.1.0 → 14.1.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager15.1.0 → 15.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-12modified 2026-06-17

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